Kirkuk Governorate (previously: 'At-Ta'mim Governorate', Kurdish: 'Garmiyan', Middle Iranian: 'Garmakan',) is one of the Governorates of Iraq located in north of the country. From 1976 to mid 2006, it had been called At-Ta'mim Arabic: التأمیم , which means state-owned and points to the national ownership of the very rich oil and natural gas reserves. Prior to 1976 it was called Kirkuk governorate and also included the neighbouring As Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Since mid 2006, the original pre-Baath name was restored, and the governorate is now known as the "Kirkuk Governorate"